Sammy scored the winning runs off the final ball on his debut against Sussex in Cardiff but has had a quiet start by his high standards during his first three Glamorgan games

Glamorgan coach Toby Radford believes the Welsh public will see the best of West Indies star Darren Sammy in the second half of his Twenty20 stint at the Swalec Stadium.

Sammy scored the winning runs off the final ball on his debut against Sussex in Cardiff but has had a quiet start by his high standards during his first three Glamorgan games.

The all-rounder struggled with the bat last Friday with a scratchy three off eight balls against Somerset.

His encouraging economical bowling performances against Sussex and Somerset were tempered by his nought for 53 from four overs against Gloucestershire last Sunday including three expensive front-foot no balls.

Radford knows Sammy well having worked with the Windies star during his time in the Caribbean which included a World Cup T20 triumph in 2012.

Sammy has three matches left with Glamorgan before returning to the Caribbean and Radford insisted he can turn on the style, starting against Kent in Cardiff on Friday evening (6.30pm).

“Darren is a world-class player and has done it for the West Indies when leading them to a T20 World Cup and performed all around the world,” said Radford.

“He has just arrived from the Indian Premier League where the wickets are very flat and suddenly he has got English pitches with a damp start to the season and the ball moving around.

“I have no doubt in a couple of these matches he is going to lose a couple of balls for us.

“He has come with a huge expectation and everyone wants to see him launching these balls out of the ground because they have seen him doing it all around the world.

“But the one thing I said to him is that even in T20 cricket you have to give yourself a chance.

“Even the world’s biggest hitters have to get their eye in and look at a few balls.

“He was probably guilty against Somerset of trying too early to hit Alfonso Thomas who is a high quality bowler.

“If he gives himself a sighter, I know once he is in, the ball could go a long way.

“The good thing with Sammy is that he gets two bites at the cherry.

“Even if he is not hitting sixes he is generally bowling pretty well which we have seen in two out of the thee games so far.”

Glamorgan’s other overseas star Jacques Rudolph has formed a formidable opening partnership with captain Jim Allenby.

Allenby has scored 205 runs at an average of 68.33 and a strike rate of 145.39, while Rudolph has compiled 187 at an average of 46.75 and a strike rate of 134.5.

“It has been excellent and we have just had about a perfect start in every T20 game,” said Radford.

“You get that platform in the first six overs and you can build from there.

“If anything we have probably been a bit guilty of having that great start and falling away at the end.

“We have still finished with good totals but maybe 10 or 15 short of where we could have been.”

Glamorgan find themselves challenging in the top four of the T20 south division as they aim to achieve quarter-final qualification.

“I‘m very happy with the position we have got into,” said Radford.

“I think we are genuine contenders this season and getting early wins and momentum is fantastic but what you don’t want to do is run out of steam.

“We have played five games and won three. We lost at Chelmsford and got a bit out of jail against Gloucestershire last Sunday with a no-result following the rain.

“That was very disappointing to concede 207 runs in what was probably the worst we have bowled and fielded in this competition.

“It was a shame it was on television because people saw the worst of us and we have performed a lot better than that.

“But you have days where people don’t click. You park that though and come back to Cardiff positive because we are still in a good position.”

Glamorgan’s resolve will be tested against Kent on Friday evening in only the second home T20 match in their opening six games.

The Welsh county were successful in that home game against Sussex and are aiming for more Swalec Stadium success.

“It was an exciting win against Sussex and I hope we get a big turn-out cheering us to another win against Kent,” added Radford.

“People love playing at home and T20 is all about entertainment. I would love a big crowd and at some point to fill this place out.”

Meanwhile, Glamorgan have extended their T20 season ticket offer until Thursday night following the first home win against Sussex Sharks last Friday.

Full adult ticket prices are £25 for Glamorgan home games while the T20 Blast Season Ticket is on sale at £50. For more details visit www.glamorgancricket.com/t20

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